What companies produce kits?

[techrat]

How many companies produce flying rocket kits?
Estes is obviously the big kahuna, but there's Madcow, Loc Precision, Apogee, Quest and a few others and that's where I start to lose track.
Is there are complete list of who's in this business?
Not every retailer carries all kits, so it's hard to keep on top of this.
Chime in and let me know where I should be shopping.

 

[les]

Produce or sell?

Animal Motor Works
Altaira
ASP
Binder Design
BMS
Boyce
Cosmodrone
Custom
Dragon
Fliskits
Mach 1
More
NCR
New Way
Oddl
Pemberton
ReallyKooStuff
Rocketarium
Semroc
Sirius
Squirrel Works
Wildman

 

[PayLoad]

My go to - Lots of kits, lots of parts, motors, lots of information - I have no affiliation

https://www.apogeerockets.com

 

[Hobie1dog]

adding to what les listed, 1 biggie:

SBR

 

[DragonRocketry]

Dragon Rocketry

 

[LitmusAero]

Dragon Rocketry

And good kits they are!
I’m going to get to the Dragon Breath 2 stage one of these days…

 

[Cape Byron]

Cape Byron Rocketry. Small and boutique. That's us.

 

[kuririn]

Galactic Manufacturing
Launch Lab Rocketry
Rocketry Works
Rocketship Games
Leading Edge

 

[teepot]

BMS. for kits and parts. Good prices. They are my go to.

 

[techrat]

And everyone left out North Coast Rocketry.... At least I know there's no complete list.. yet.

Edit: LES has "NCR" in his list, but I didn't make the connection because I'm a dum-dum.

 

[user 35280]

https://macperformancerocketry.com/pages/home

 

[user 35280]

https://giantleaprocketry.com/

 

[Scott_650]

Apogee and their “house brands” - Shrockets and Dynastar

Discount Rocketry

DG&A Rocketry

SBR Fusion Rocketry

 

[JackC]

Composite Warehouse

 

[JackC]

Performance Hobbies - similar models to Composite Warehouse's

 

[JackC]

Hawk Mountain Enterprises

 

[Hobie1dog]

Performance Hobbies - similar models to Composite Warehouse's

and Ken is uber cool too.

 

[cwbullet]

Hawk Mountain Enterprises

Not sure they are still active.

 

[tsmith1315]

Not sure they are still active.

I purchased supplies from Alan last year with quick turnaround, but I don't know what the kit availability is.

 

[danb]

NASA, but just static models.

 

[JackC]

Not sure they are still active.

I spoke to him last year and he said he was still active.

 

[Woody's Workshop]

Andrew's Rockets, I think they are sold exclusively by eRockets.biz
Young guy with big ambitions.

 

[K'Tesh]

Frankum Performance Rocketry Products

www.frankumperformance.com

He makes HPR pads and Cineroc replacement parts, among other things.

 

[Philip Tiberius D.]

Frankum Performance Rocketry Products

www.frankumperformance.com

He makes HPR pads and Cineroc replacement parts, among other things.

AND GREAT ignitors

 

[DabCat]

Not sure they are still active.

I purchased supplies from Alan last year with quick turnaround, but I don't know what the kit availability is.

I spoke to him last year and he said he was still active.

I emailed him late last night and had a response within 4 hours.

 

[les]

Frankum Performance Rocketry Products

www.frankumperformance.com

He makes HPR pads and Cineroc replacement parts, among other things.

Right or wrong, the OP asked for Rocket KITS.
If we want to add all the great suppliers of chutes, electronics, pads, etc the list will get real long...

And I apologize for those that I missed on my list

 

[bjphoenix]

I knew there were a lot of companies here and there that made kits but I didn't know there were nearly this many. I took all of the names mentioned in this thread and looked up their websites. There were a couple that I couldn't find. Also Performance Hobbies had a handfull of companies listed that weren't mentioned yet, including some I couldn't find websites for. Here is the list of names including what websites I could find, in alphabetical order. As far as I can tell all of the names listed actually make their own kits, some sell kits by other manufacturers as well. Some months back there was another thread that listed companies that make rocketry supplies. I didn't cross reference with that list.

aerotech
https://aerotech-rocketry.com/collections/a-high-power-rocket-kits
Altaira
https://www.erockets.biz/altaira-rocketry-1/
Andrew's Rockets, I think they are sold exclusively by eRockets.biz
https://www.erockets.biz/andrews-rocketry-shop-ars-rocket-kits/Animal Motor Works
https://cart.amwprox.com/index.php?...category&virtuemart_category_id=60&Itemid=482
Apogee and their “house brands” - Shrockets and Dynastar
https://www.apogeerockets.com/
ASP (Aerospace Specialty Products)
https://www.asp-rocketry.com/
Binder Design
https://www.binderdesign.com/
BMS (Balsa Machining Service)
https://www.balsamachining.com/#
Boyce
https://boyceaerospacehobbies.com/
Composite Warehouse
https://www.compositewarehouse.com/index.php?route=product/manufacturer/info&manufacturer_id=11
Cosmodrome
http://www.cosmodromerocketry.com/index.html
Custom
https://www.customrocketcompany.com/
DG&A Rocketry
https://www.dgahighpowerrocketry.com/
Discount Rocketry
https://www.discountrocketry.com/
Dragon
https://dragonrocketry.com/
Estes industries
https://estesrockets.com/
Fliskits
https://www.fliskits.com/WPRESS/
Galactic Manufacturing
https://galacticmanufacturing.com/
giant leap
https://giantleaprocketry.com/
Hawk Mountain Enterprises
https://hawkmountain.ws/
Leading Edge
http://www.leadingedgerocketry.com/
LOC precision
https://locprecision.com/
mac performance
https://macperformancerocketry.com/
Mach 1
https://www.mach1rocketry.com/
More
https://morerockets.com/
NCR (North Coast Rocketry)
https://northcoastrocketry.com/
New Way
http://www.newwayspacemodels.com/
Oddl
http://oddlrockets.blogspot.com/
Pemberton
http://www.pembertontechnologies.com/
Performance Hobbies
https://performancehobbies.com/
Public Missiles Rocket Kits
https://locprecision.com/
quest
https://aerotech-rocketry.com/
ReallyKooStuff
https://reallykoostuff.com/
Rocketarium
https://www.rocketarium.com/
Rocketship Games
https://rocketshipgames.com/
Rocketry Works
https://www.rocketryworks.com/
SBR Fusion Rocketry
https://www.fusionrocket.biz/
Semroc
https://www.apogeerockets.com/Semroc_Astronautics
Sirius
http://www.siriusrocketry.biz/ishop...OdrztgprN9PAIbnwuWCL9OpLloJS9YXwaAuJmEALw_wcBhttps://www.siriusrocketry.com/
Smokin Rockets
https://performancehobbies.com/secure/store.aspx?groupid=31920078512985
Squirrel Works
https://www.squirrel-works.com/
TCB in a Flash
https://performancehobbies.com/secure/store.aspx?groupid=16
The Launch Pad
https://www.the-launch-pad.com/hellfire
U.S. Rockets
https://performancehobbies.com/secure/store.aspx?groupid=19
Wildman
https://wildmanrocketry.com/


not found:
Launch Lab Rocketry- website not found
Cape Byron Rocketry- not found

 

[kuririn]

not found:
Launch Lab Rocketry- website not found
Cape Byron Rocketry- not found

Here's Launch Lab's website:
https://www.launchlabrocketry.com/Besides their Bullet Bobby and soon to come XXL version they also sell the Vander Burn line.
Cape Byron Rocketry is on EBay.
And I think that many of the mfgrs that you cannot find are no longer operating.

 

[PayLoad]

Once there are too many choices, the list becomes meaningless & without worth

 

[Hobie1dog]

I knew there were a lot of companies here and there that made kits but I didn't know there were nearly this many. I took all of the names mentioned in this thread and looked up their websites. There were a couple that I couldn't find. Also Performance Hobbies had a handfull of companies listed that weren't mentioned yet, including some I couldn't find websites for. Here is the list of names including what websites I could find, in alphabetical order. As far as I can tell all of the names listed actually make their own kits, some sell kits by other manufacturers as well. Some months back there was another thread that listed companies that make rocketry supplies. I didn't cross reference with that list.

aerotech
https://aerotech-rocketry.com/collections/a-high-power-rocket-kits
Altaira
https://www.erockets.biz/altaira-rocketry-1/
Andrew's Rockets, I think they are sold exclusively by eRockets.biz
https://www.erockets.biz/andrews-rocketry-shop-ars-rocket-kits/Animal Motor Works
https://cart.amwprox.com/index.php?...category&virtuemart_category_id=60&Itemid=482
Apogee and their “house brands” - Shrockets and Dynastar
https://www.apogeerockets.com/
ASP (Aerospace Specialty Products)
https://www.asp-rocketry.com/
Binder Design
https://www.binderdesign.com/
BMS (Balsa Machining Service)
https://www.balsamachining.com/#
Boyce
https://boyceaerospacehobbies.com/
Composite Warehouse
https://www.compositewarehouse.com/index.php?route=product/manufacturer/info&manufacturer_id=11
Cosmodrome
http://www.cosmodromerocketry.com/index.html
Custom
https://www.customrocketcompany.com/
DG&A Rocketry
https://www.dgahighpowerrocketry.com/
Discount Rocketry
https://www.discountrocketry.com/
Dragon
https://dragonrocketry.com/
Estes industries
https://estesrockets.com/
Fliskits
https://www.fliskits.com/WPRESS/
Galactic Manufacturing
https://galacticmanufacturing.com/
giant leap
https://giantleaprocketry.com/
Hawk Mountain Enterprises
https://hawkmountain.ws/
Leading Edge
http://www.leadingedgerocketry.com/
LOC precision
https://locprecision.com/
mac performance
https://macperformancerocketry.com/
Mach 1
https://www.mach1rocketry.com/
More
https://morerockets.com/
NCR (North Coast Rocketry)
https://northcoastrocketry.com/
New Way
http://www.newwayspacemodels.com/
Oddl
http://oddlrockets.blogspot.com/
Pemberton
http://www.pembertontechnologies.com/
Performance Hobbies
https://performancehobbies.com/
Public Missiles Rocket Kits
https://locprecision.com/
quest
https://aerotech-rocketry.com/
ReallyKooStuff
https://reallykoostuff.com/
Rocketarium
https://www.rocketarium.com/
Rocketship Games
https://rocketshipgames.com/
Rocketry Works
https://www.rocketryworks.com/
SBR Fusion Rocketry
https://www.fusionrocket.biz/
Semroc
https://www.apogeerockets.com/Semroc_Astronautics
Sirius
http://www.siriusrocketry.biz/ishop...OdrztgprN9PAIbnwuWCL9OpLloJS9YXwaAuJmEALw_wcBhttps://www.siriusrocketry.com/
Smokin Rockets
https://performancehobbies.com/secure/store.aspx?groupid=31920078512985
Squirrel Works
https://www.squirrel-works.com/
TCB in a Flash
https://performancehobbies.com/secure/store.aspx?groupid=16
The Launch Pad
https://www.the-launch-pad.com/hellfire
U.S. Rockets
https://performancehobbies.com/secure/store.aspx?groupid=19
Wildman
https://wildmanrocketry.com/


not found:
Launch Lab Rocketry- website not found
Cape Byron Rocketry- not found

I bet that took 2 hours to make that post